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The Acton Free Press Wed August Missed in Festival Country Acton is poorly served by a new put wit the Niagara and Midwestern Travel Association listing special events in this large area of Ontario The Ministry of and Tourism back the outside Acton to the west a couple of soars ago save us the news we were the Midwestern Ontario Travel area But we prepare for an influx of jwopte Hall on nets a full page in the book Alton not surprisingly gets little of that allotted space And in the wrong place at that half through the list of J To quote Acton Historical Ifititnn Count Streetcar and lei trie Railway Museum That it folks Milton listed are the centennial Hind and mill pond tanner market Kelso Unison a turn area Crawford Lake area Park Park Park Henderson Park Park Victoria Park For old paper null uid dam House Sol art I Conservation area Conservation area Creek area For Mountsbert Wild Life Area Hilton Falls Conservation area pond Mohawk racewav Not a mention of Acton park one of the loveliest small parks around The only Acton event listed and rightly is Acton fall fair last on the list of minifestivals However according to Festival Country general manager Mrs Sharkey its all simply explained Her office contacted all Chambers of Commerce and got quite poor response Any kind of contact that could he made was done in a three- week bill prior to deadline for listings Acton Chamber knows of no such letter They put in for Acton only what thev knew and theyll be very happy to include whatever the of Commerce or any will them in their next edition So next year we II no doubt sec At ton park and Fairy Lake in the Festival Country listings While she WlWngLathe nee Press about the on Festival Country this week general manager Mrs Sharkey mentioned another booklet she has on hand at her office which she knows will prove helpful to many people It tells how to organize any festival or special event and could be adapted to any big or small There are also plenty of extra folders on the many attractions of Festival Country at the mam office as well as at all provincial tourist booths and the 28 tourist information centres in the district Festival Countrys address is Elizabeth St Burlington Thanks to the OPP Hunk too men of our then accolade when they were detainment This week lorp Boh expresses via a letter to the editor Ins feelings us already gave the force lined I itircns of the Year But let it again during last two weeks here many main thanks Small town quality to Acton who are into the new sub- homes will cover the good of small town living if didn know it Our new friends to be will be joining teams clubs and churches and beginning to shop here The last weeks Free Press newcomers coming because of lower house prices working out of town and evincing small interest in Acton itself might have been explained more The pet son who made this observation the Hi Neighbour welcome service taller sees people who have only here a couple of weeks or a month It takes longer than that for them to become acquainted with a strange town and the strangers around them One man who has lived in town months called to say he and his wife find Acton a good little town they wanted the quiet of a small community when they came They find the shop keepers terrific to deal with He also mentions that many tomans work town which of course is true Last weeks news irritated him as a newcomer from oronto himself Other recent citizens will grow to share his complimentary feel about his new hometown The speechless signboard The big blue signboards at the entrances to town stand bleak and wordless Few people know how to go about putting up lettering on them since the development com mission no longer exists Ted Tyler people still call him to ask how they use the signs Although the development commission members offered their services free to Hills they have never been used in their old capacity They have no jurisdiction over their signs any more Duby has the letters and anyone who like to mount some thing on the signboards should con tact him says Ted Tyler Certainly the empty signboards are a sad welcome to Acton How about something simple Like Have a good day Summertime thoughts Corn is growing high an the fields the silky tassles gleaming in the sun And the roadsides are led with lilies Queen Annes lace and wild lupin Driving in the coun try is very easy on the eyes in Aug ust Harry of the TimesJournal tells a story about politicians Hie following was heard between two committee members We started with two alternative plans of action and af ter three days of meetings we have nanowed them down to eight Is a moped a bicycle or is it a junior motorcycle The answer makes little difference to the motorist who finds that he must share the road with these motor- assisted vehicles It is one more thing to look for together with motorcycles bicycles other motorists and pedestrians True the moped may be dif ficult to see It is smaller than either a bicycle or a motorcycle But with all the recent press cover age given this type of vehicle motorists by now should be familiar with the moped silhouette The Free Press Back Issues yonrr if mm n Mil llml 11 if In Ill In tiro III tin linn Ill thai Mm 11 III i I lull Ill ll II in in ijil In ml in if Hi in inn win 1 1 1 I i 1 Hill mill J on Hi llv IMK In Ml urn II Hill iiiiim Mill in Hi m I I Willi II m com- In in nil tin lulls III A in 1 I S Whvik ill lit Mil III I line in milium nil Kingpin ili nil oil hulling n in I inlaiiy Willlim llulli ill I In i III I it hint I Viy III Ml I j Airing out the old toy box Sugar and Spice by bill smiley It the ridiculous the hut near enough A good ratting picture of Canada on a Sunday In summer Wed gone buck the village In Join Grandad In the celebration anniversary tin tittle whilt church bay Sunday morning off fur drive lite lawyer In law while wives wire doing the dishes Poked around neighborhood shaking our heads over property developments where were Retting us muih for a single lot as heir grandfathers had for a 150acrefarm with house and barn Cam ml sera led with each other over the fact thai we d both be millionaires If we d bought some of shore properly ago when it was cheap Con vcnicntly forgot that neither or us had enough money to buy one lot years ago let alone a mile of shoreline Drlvlngalong the shore road spotted lot of activity Naturally slopped for a look as one always does In the country II was a scuba diving expedition com with vans tanks goggles snorkels and man from Mars suits Hung around to watch and asked some casual questions from one of the divers He was so reticent you d have thought he w is just about lo climb into a Moon bound capsule of into about 12 Inches or water He finally admitted grimly that the group had just finished its training and that this they were about a make was the real thing There were about in the group We stood around and watched as ihey struggled and wiggled and squirmed into their skin tight suits and heavy tanks and spracd their goggles and checked their air lines and adjusted iheir flippers IhiH was the rial Ihlng no taut it and tin as they half an hour gettlnK fitted ul For thi dangers of the sunken wrttks There was only one fern tic in the group an extremely i one and she had so much IrnublL her and getting It ripped over bulges Ihut I was mighty I I out trapped in wreck wailing for her to mi I purple In the face she was ready Then their appeared He had been out there fearlessly probing the possible dangers hi sunken wreck He stood there barking order making Ihcm re check their gear dividing Ihem into teams ensuring that Iheir boot knlvct were available for a swift of tangled life line Finally Ihe big dive was on They waded for 10 feel since it was too shallow to lie down Then flopped and In about two feet of water to the wreck every nerve keyed every sense alerted lo the perils ahead The assistant instructor who wasn I making the dfvc sighed relief pulled beer out of his van and chatted cheer full with us Whit do they do nut Ihere he w is Not a helluva lot he replied When swum over thing about Ihree times that about it We silently concurred We knew the sunken wreck wis an old barge towed there years before to serve as a dock for a boat owner Three ago when was lower It sat three feet of water The only sunken treasure would have to be Ihe old car motor which an it I know that diving must be fun and is bul this operation made me giggle It was like watching a lot of six boys get fitted out in their space uniforms do a ritual countdown and then Photo by Wendy Thfimw ml On backyard yelling I In on why odd would drive a round trip of nun the illy and gi I in Mallow around In lire an old thru bourn sitting in for just yards down ro id from tin lug dignity In in d tin Jill Urn of In iIIk ra I guess we win as iuipproprl dressed for a hot summer day as the divers and ties and and summer dresses Most of the people were middle aged to old with a sprinkling of Hut there was together of elosines of drawing of continuity Heading the history of this little frame 100 yearold building one was aware however dimly of the dene of the first families when erected il on a lot at a cost of SAW that heir children would be fearing God loving Christians And there was a sadness in the knowledge that School had been forced to close and that the church is now open only in summer and that many of the children the children s children and so on are neither God fearing nor God loving some pride when And Grandad silling next to me was singled out is having been associated with that church for years But the children and the children children had rallied ground for the And Ihe service here was the get together in he community hall for the coffee and sandwiches and the dreds of handshakes and he sometimes desperate trying to put together of names and faces not seen for years and the pre sentation of grandchildren and he hard realization everyone is growing older The new and the old The silliness and he simplicil The plump young city men struggling into their skin suits and the weather beaten farmers in heir strangling collars and ties A summer Sunday in Canada OUR READERS WRITE Thank you Actonians writing this letter to show my two appreciation to the people Acton for their and assistants during trie past three A year period Inthreeshort years there have been many changes and I am sure that during coming mere will be many more I would like thank the Acton Town Council pre- the service clubs the schools the business people the firemen the tall fair Board rrnnj others too numerous mention Tor all he assistance me during nvj posting in Acton as in charge of your local detachment which is closing August 197S after some twenty six years in the community same building and only I is very fortunate to be able to take charge following years of fine service under a great man Corporal Hay Mason who I never met but admired from his reputation I have worked unaccountable hours as have the men in an effort to keep law and order in a growing This was only done because Ihe asldid we lived a great own with the backing erf the people tijwird the same goals police force can function as well is ihe citizens want it I have noticed belief communications and more public support citizens are backing the police which is a The youths he majority are a great bunch can be proud as must be their parents in this and age and work such a fine community Police need People and I need Police In leaving in September 1 can only say that of the sex postings I hate had during iarr his town has been favorite I will ilwnsremembtrilas on and the people as friends and neighbours 50 years ago of r Mil I A nosing n Mill ovr ih in iun llailwiy is to wiil wiihhrok wvr Inn vinliig big Mr I I his ho Ih inning mil rill ting fin r r irntir I Hugh I ii j hi 1 i for iJ if liow if A rl I Ihu Hy liy I I itmgslnl of I his Mr of Mich are of I one of rrsi John was hmne now xrcu Murray a millinery and on Mill St reft r to the rchouM 75 years ago 15 IWl of I rustics of A n Public School me in regular in JaM Wcineij present It Koines nun It in J John gnew In rural tin public wholl open neat 20th in ics towns Ird High also reopen on frd The jiuplls in own will make the next t ah lecki Merry hide people who have been a of grcit comfort sliding dwn Ihe rumster falling into rn the neigh and coming home from the swimming hole with mud in their ears and holes in their clothes and all juvenile recreations which well regulated reeogniz quire the school call and give uptoilargi extent thev innocent vacation doings Thejnnujl of St Church George to n will held on the Tennis Court at the residence of Mr John II P on Tuesday next interesting programme has provided Mr If Holmes agent T II has arranged for a coach to be at to la pm train to mactale the friends Acton fiockwood arl which will return leaving George town at Special features include vocal music he well known humorist of Toronto who sing Johnny Home us a the firemen of Ac ton and George own and an address he Hon J It Provincial Secretary THE ACTON FREE PRESS PHONE Business and Editorial Olfice